If you could be a familiar, which power would you choose?
Animals have always had a place in witchcraft and folklore.
Witches’ familiars have been in the western consciousness since they became a popular idea in 16th and 17th century Europe. This was the height of witch persecution.
The records of the Pendle Witch trial - a famous trial of 1612 in Lancashire, UK - showed eye-witnesses claimed the accused consorted with shapeshifting animals called Tibb and Ball, who would whisper evil deeds in their ears.
Cats have long had an association with femininity and also for being willful. Maybe it was inevitable they'd be the perfect companions for weird witchy women like us!
This is an ideal read in the lead-up to Halloween. Odessa Grimsbane's scarecrows are on a rampage. The witch police are out to get her, and she's got a ghost about to go ghoul. Plus, there's a long-lost love she can't get over.
Oh! And there's a twisty, magical murder to solve.
FREE worldwide until Friday, October 28, 2022.
K.E. O’Connor is the author of so many books she can't remember them all. Noteworthy mentions include:
Every Witch Way series (a talking familiar as the lead character, anyone?)
Witch Haven mystery series (14 books of fabulous witchy mayhem)
Crypt Witch cozy mysteries (17 books of murder, a talking hellhound, and a big old demon issue)
Lorna Shadow ghost mysteries (13 books of ghostly mystery)
Holly Holmes baking mysteries (9 books of delicious cake, murder, and stunning British jollies)
Zee Town paranormal cozy series (5 quirky, fun books with murder and friendly zombies in Cornwall)
Along with other titles available if you cast the right spell.
She can imagine dragons, taste cookies when they aren’t even there, and hear the crack of a witch’s broom at a hundred paces.
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